Issues Of The Exchequer - Softcover

Great Britain. Exchequer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0371332486 ISBN 13: 9780371332481

Publisher: HardPress, 2019

Synopsis

Issues Of The Exchequer: Being A Collection Of Payments Made Out Of His Majesty's Revenue, From King Henry III To King Henry VI Inclusive". The front matter and introduction to a 1837 edition explain the project: to illuminate medieval English history through a representative sample of Exchequer Roll records. The editor presents the Rolls as a rich documentary source for historians, economists, jurists, and biographers, spanning the reigns of Henry III through Henry VI. The introduction outlines the kinds of entries—royal revenues and expenditures, payments to nobles and churchmen, war costs, household accounts, ceremonial expenditures, and payments to artists and ambassadors—and notes the constraints of selecting only excerpts. It emphasizes that the Exchequer chronicles daily administration, finance, governance, and the Crown’s continental interests across sites like Westminster, Dover, Calais, Windsor, and the Tower. The accompanying local summaries describe the structure of the record, the emphasis on war, diplomacy, parish and church payments, and the ceremonial and liturgical aspects of royal government. The editor frames the volume as a comprehensive yet selective portal into medieval fiscal history.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0371332486
• ISBN 13: 9780371332481
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 824